Re: OT top <rant>
Re: OT top <rant>
- Subject: Re: OT top <rant>
- From: Ian King <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 22:29:56 +0100
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Subject: Re: top <rant> From: (Randal L. Schwartz)
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> "has" == has <email@hidden> writes:
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> has> OTOH, the user interface itself is terse and loaded with jargon. Pls bt
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> has> shrt f vwls. Strong signs of C mentality there.
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Well, I happen to like that "ls" is very short to type. As is "cd", which
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was originally "chdir" in the early shells... go figure. But there's also
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rm and mv, all very short.
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I want things I type over and over again to have the fewest keystrokes.
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I think the design is fine, from the perspective of an intermediate to
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expert user. Yeah, it probably blows for a beginner, but it's been
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far too long since I was a Unix beginner (about 24 years ago), and
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back then, there was less to learn: the kernel fit in 32kbytes(!) and
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had only 22 system calls.
Ha! OS 9 Finder (only? catch-) 22 shortcuts!
b, g, k, u, don't seem to be used...
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So, let's have the Finder for the beginners, the command line for
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those of us that can type much faster than we can mouse (and I can,
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believe me),
You could try (if USB) removing the mouse, then using the built-in keyboard
shortcuts and commands? Most HIG Apps have shortcuts, and how long did it
take QXP expert to learn (all?) those?
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and call it good for all.
OMM, OS 9 (distrusting of unaccustomed, unaccountable unknown *nix),
Apple-Tab (switch Apps, then, when at Finder), ma (for a "Mac.." HD)
Apple-o, do (Documents) Apple-o, xx (first 2 or more, letters of doc name,
etc.).
Apple-Tab ma Apple-o do Apple-o xx Apple-o (etc.)
seems just as obtuse as CLI. (Mental map required, rather than point and
shoot, err, click)
Just kidding. &B-) Ian
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